Events¶

Collecting namespace events can help understand what happened inside the cluster.

Configuration¶

The full structure of the Events resource is documented here.

Single event¶

If a name is specified, Chainsaw will retrieve the specified event in the test namespace.

Collect event in the test namespace

apiVersion: chainsaw.kyverno.io/v1alpha1
kind: Test
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  steps:
  - try:
    # ...
    catch:
    - events:
        name: my-event
    # ...
    finally:
    - events:
        name: my-event
    # ...

If a namespace is specified, Chainsaw will retrieve the specified event in the specified namespace.

Collect event in a specific namespace

apiVersion: chainsaw.kyverno.io/v1alpha1
kind: Test
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  steps:
  - try:
    # ...
    catch:
    - events:
        name: my-event
        namespace: foo
    # ...
    finally:
    - events:
        name: my-event
        namespace: foo
    # ...

All events¶

If no name and namespace are specified, Chainsaw will retrieve all events in the test namespace.

Collect all events in the test namespace

apiVersion: chainsaw.kyverno.io/v1alpha1
kind: Test
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  steps:
  - try:
    # ...
    catch:
    - events: {}
    # ...
    finally:
    - events: {}
    # ...

On the other hand, if a namespace is specified, Chainsaw will retrieve all events in the specified namespace.

Collect all events in a specific namespace

apiVersion: chainsaw.kyverno.io/v1alpha1
kind: Test
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  steps:
  - try:
    # ...
    catch:
    - events:
        namespace: foo
    # ...
    finally:
    - events:
        namespace: foo
    # ...

Label selector¶

An optional label selector can be configured to refine the events to be retrieved.

Collect events using a label selector in the test namespace

apiVersion: chainsaw.kyverno.io/v1alpha1
kind: Test
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  steps:
  - try:
    # ...
    catch:
    - events:
        selector: app=my-app
    # ...
    finally:
    - events:
        selector: app=my-app
    # ...

If a namespace is specified, Chainsaw will retrieve events using the specified namespace.

Collect events using a label selector in a specific namespace

apiVersion: chainsaw.kyverno.io/v1alpha1
kind: Test
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  steps:
  - try:
    # ...
    catch:
    - events:
        selector: app=my-app
        namespace: foo
    # ...
    finally:
    - events:
        selector: app=my-app
        namespace: foo
    # ...

Format¶

An optional format can be specified. Supported formats are json and yaml.

If format is not specified, results will be returned in text format.

Use json format

apiVersion: chainsaw.kyverno.io/v1alpha1
kind: Test
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  steps:
  - try:
    # ...
    catch:
    - events:
        format: json
    # ...
    finally:
    - events:
        format: json
    # ...

Use yaml format

apiVersion: chainsaw.kyverno.io/v1alpha1
kind: Test
metadata:
  name: example
spec:
  steps:
  - try:
    # ...
    catch:
    - events:
        format: yaml
    # ...
    finally:
    - events:
        format: yaml
    # ...